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Tiger’s Den Food Pantry’s Monthly Needs

Posted by amherstalumnioffice on February 15, 2021
Posted in: News. Tagged: Tiger's Den Food Pantry. Leave a comment

For the month of February, St. Paul’s is looking particularly for Tiger’s Den donations of cooking oil, spaghetti sauce, tomato paste and canned tomato products. Paper products (paper towels, toilet paper,tissues) and personal care products (shampoo, deodorant, body wash, lotion, and hand soap) are always needed and welcomed.

Donations can be dropped off Monday – Friday to the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (4007 Main St. – Office Entrance) during office hours: 9:30 – 1:30 daily. Any questions, please contact St. Paul’s Office: 835-0407.

Thanks for being a friend to Tiger’s Den!

The Amherst Central School District, in partnership with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Eggertsville and FeedMore WNY (formerly the Food Bank of WNY) offers a collaborative food pantry. Families who qualify in the 14226 zip code (regardless if they have children attending the school district) and the 14221 zip code (if their children are enrolled at ACSD) are eligible for pantry services.

Website: https://stpaulseggertsville.org/tigers-den-food-pantry/

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Amherst Middle School’s (Virtual) Musical – Dear Edwina!!! You’re Invited

Posted by amherstalumnioffice on February 5, 2021
Posted in: Events, News. Tagged: Amherst Middle School, Musical. Leave a comment

Amherst Middle School’s annual musical is going virtual this year. The following is from Paul Biddle, music teacher at the school, he is producing the show.

Hi Amherst,

My name is Paul Biddle and I am the producer of this year’s Middle School musical. This year we are performing Dear Edwina Online Edition which is a complete virtual musical. We are the only Middle School doing a full musical in WNY and are proud to do so. Here are the steps to purchasing a ticket (s) for the show. The show Premiers on March 3 at 7:00PM. Tickets are for sale right now all the way through April 3. The tickets are $10.00 a piece per device. This code will only work on ONE device so I suggest you use it on the device from which you plan to share it with your friends/family (PC connected to a TV etc…) If you are watching it by yourself you can use it on a laptop or smart phone too.  

Once you have purchased your access code you have 48 hours from the time you open it until it will not work anymore. At that point you can buy another one or not. This is the same procedure as renting a video on Amazon. This access code allows you to view the musical as many times you want for 48 hours from the start of viewing. After that, the system closes the event. Please do not share access codes as they will only work on one device. I am the contact point for this in case you need help/questions (I know that’s scary to think about). If you give someone else your access code then they can start the viewing and lock you out!

Here are the directions: 

www.showtix4u.com/#streaming

Type in “Amherst Middle School”

On the right – click on “Dear Edwina Online Edition”

Click purchase tickets – remember you will get one access code for you only!

*If you decide you want to purchase more tickets you need to leave the site and start over otherwise you will end up with 5 access codes all going to one device. You have to purchase tickets separately if they are going to more than one device. 

Right now you will be able to buy tickets but the video will not be viewable until the Premier on March 3 at 7:00PM.

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We are once again partnering with our Tiger’s Food Den. For every donation you get a raffle ticket to win a Jim Kelly Jersey with a Bills Helmet (autographed with Moss and Singletary). We will be pulling the ticket the night of the musical and contacting you if you are the winner!! The Tiger’s Food Den now more than ever needs your help. Please review the attachments below for more info.

Tiger’s Food Den Donation Information (PDF)

Raffle for Bills Jersey and Autographed Helmet Information (PDF)

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William P. Hart ’49 – July 3, 1931 – Jan. 8, 2021

Posted by amherstalumnioffice on January 15, 2021
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July 3, 1931 – Jan. 8, 2021

William P. Hart’s children followed their father into the hotel business, but in other cities.

“My sisters and I grew up in the business,” said Mr. Hart’s son, David P. Hart, who is now president and CEO of Hart Hotels Inc. “But none of us were here, we had left town. My mom convinced him that if he started his own company, we’d come back, and she was right.”

Mr. Hart’s four children and two sons-in-law have been working in the business for 35 years, David Hart said.

William Patterson Hart died Jan. 8 in a Hamburg rehabilitation facility, where he was recuperating from a fall in his Orchard Park home. He was 89.

At the time of his death, Mr. Hart remained chairman of Hart Hotels, which has an investment in 16 hotels, with several new projects in development.

“I called him ‘semi-retired,’ ” his son said, “but his mind was very sharp all the way to the end, but I could always rely on him. He would remember detailed things from the business and the construction side of things.

“I always tell everybody, ‘I went to Bill Hart University,’ ” David Hart said.

Mr. Hart was best known in Western New York for his work co-chairing, with Burt Flickinger, the local organizing committee for the 1993 World University Games, which brought athletes from 118 nations to Buffalo.

The University at Buffalo Stadium and the Erie Community College Burt Flickinger Athletic Center were built for the Games.

Mr. Hart was born in Youngstown, Ohio, the third of four sons of Max and Cathleen Baynes Hart. He was a good athlete, following in the footsteps of his father, who played with the Fort Wayne Friars professional football team.

The family moved to Western New York in 1947, and Mr. Hart graduated from Amherst High School in 1949. He worked as a butcher for Federal Meats before he was drafted into the Army in 1952.

He served until 1954, including combat tours of duty in Korea, and received numerous service stars and medals.

Upon his return, Mr. Hart earned a bachelor’s degree from Canisius College and a civil engineering degree from the University of Detroit.

In 1958, he joined the EJ Fuhrman Construction Co., supervising projects in Western New York.

In 1959, he married Jennie Sperduti of South Buffalo. She had immigrated at age 5 from Italy with her mother, joining her father, who had become a naturalized citizen and worked for Republic Steel for 47 years. 

When the Belz family of Memphis hired the EJ Fuhrman company to manage the construction of the Holiday Inn on Dingens Street, Mr. Hart was the job foreman. The hotel opened in 1963, and four years later, Mr. Hart joined the Belz organization, which built three more Holiday Inns in the area. In 1977, he became president of the Belz hotel management company.

Under Mr. Hart’s leadership, the Belz company developed 22 hotels, including the famed Peabody Hotel in Memphis, known for the ducks that swim daily in the lobby bar fountain. Renamed the Peabody Hotel Group, the Belz organization became one of the largest Holiday Inn franchises in the country.

In 1985, Mr. Hart started Hart Hotels with the purchase of four local Holiday Inns from his partners.

In late 1988, he stepped down from his post as chairman of the Buffalo Convention and Tourist Bureau to protest Erie County’s diversion of $150,000 in bed-tax revenues to the county’s general fund.

At the time, The Buffalo News editorial board called him “entirely right in deploring the diversion,” which it wrote “clearly sets a worrisome precedent.”

Mr. Hart was active in civic affairs, serving on the boards of the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Greater Buffalo Partnership, the Greater Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, D’Youville College and Mercy Hospital. In 1992, Mr. Hart served as chairman of the International Association of Holiday Inns.

Mr. Hart was known for his work ethic, knack for business and creative insight and vision in both the construction and hospitality industry, his son said.

Mr. Hart, described by his son as “a mathematical genius,” honed his skill and practiced before playing at both casinos and the stock exchange. “He won more times than he lost,” at the blackjack and craps tables, his son said.

Mr. Hart was a skilled and competitive golfer for six decades and a 50-year member of the Orchard Park Country Club.

He was very well-read, enjoyed travel and was “a man of faith,” his son said.

Mr. Hart was dedicated to the Give Kids the World Village in Kissimmee, Fla., set up to house critically ill children and their families who visit Disney World and other attractions. The Hart family and friends have funded villas in the village.

Besides his son David, Mr. Hart is survived by his wife of 61 years, Jennie Sperduti Hart; three daughters, Joanne M. Hart, Linda Costello and Cathleen Frantz; a brother, Robert Hart; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday in Nativity of Our Lord Church, Orchard Park.

Obituary courtesy of The Buffalo News.

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Kevin B. McNamara ’58 – 12/02/2020

Posted by amherstalumnioffice on December 23, 2020
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Kevin B. McNamara, 79, of East Amherst, died on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2020.

Mr. McNamara was born on Jan. 11, 1941. He graduated from Amherst High School in 1958 and then went to the University of Alabama, where he was a walk-on for Bear Bryant. He attended St. Bonaventure University, where he received a master’s degree in leadership. Mr. McNamara also attended Harvard and graduated from their executive MBA program.

Mr. McNamara married Gail L. Chamberlain in 1962. Together, they had two daughters and four grandchildren.

Mr. McNamara owned Millington Lockwood Inc. from 1971 to 2002 and worked alongside his wife. The year he purchased Millington Lockwood, annual sales were approximately half a million dollars a year. When it was sold in 2002, sales were close to $12 million a year. This was a testament to his hard work and dedication. All of Mr. McNamara’s hard work paid off in 1987, when he was selected by Herman Miller Inc. to travel to China. He was asked to do this to give his input on an agreement to purchase textiles.

After owning Millington Lockwood for over 30 years, he retired. Though retirement did not slow him down. Mr. McNamara continued to work as a salesman at Lockwood, teach at Fredonia State, and became a member of the School of Business advisory board at St. Bonaventure. He also loved spending time with his family at his cottage in Bay Beach, Canada. Nothing made him happier than a full beach house with family and friends.

Mr. McNamara was also a past member at the Rotary Club of Buffalo, The Buffalo Club, Park Country Club, and board of directors at Consumer Credit Counseling, where he served as a secretary. He was also a member at the Buffalo Canoe Club.

Mr. McNamara was a leader, hard worker and a dedicated family man. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Gail L. McNamara; two children, Susan Hurley and Nancy Serr; four grandchildren; and one sibling, Ellen McNamara. Visitation was held Friday, Dec. 4, at the Perna, Dengler, Roberts Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, Dec. 5, at St. Gregory the Great Church, Williamsville. Memorials to Hospice Buffalo, Inc., 225 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga, NY 14217.

Obituary courtesy of the Amherst Bee.

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“Let it Snow” by the Amherst Central Alumni Chorale

Posted by amherstalumnioffice on December 23, 2020
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The Amherst Central Alumni Chorale sends you a little Holiday Cheer! Members stepped out of their comfort zones to remotely record this for our family and friends… you just may see some people you recognize!

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